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Everybody picks their nose at times. Not everybody picks their nose in a public place where others might see them. Many people really dislike seeing someone pick their nose. It’s particularly offensive when the nose picker picks with relish, as though he were embarking on an exploring expedition to some unknown land. If you need to pick your nose, you should do it in private to avoid upsetting anybody else. Bear in mind that your car is not a public place. If you decide to pick your nose on the commute to work, people in other vehicles on the freeway will see you digging for gold.

2. Gross Eating

A lot of people cannot abide bad table manners. They get offended if someone chews with their mouth open, talks while eating, clangs the cutlery against their teeth, or makes vile noises when masticating. Nobody wants to hear the noise of food slopping around inside your mouth, or listen to a sound that is reminiscent of someone stirring a pot of soggy semolina. Nothing you have to say is so important that it justifies showing other people the chewed up piece of steak you are currently attempting to eat. If you are eating in the presence of other people, it’s worth using some manners if you don’t want to annoy anyone.

3. Repetitive Noises

Some people have the bad habit of making some kind of repetitive noise. For instance, you might tap your foot, flick your teeth, hit your pen against the side of the desk, sniff, or make a funny throat clearing sound. If a person has to listen to another individual make the same noise again and again day after day, it can start to get on their nerves fairly quickly. The repetitive noise you like to make may comfort you on a subconscious level, but it isn’t soothing for anybody else.

4. Stinking Farts

Everybody has to pass gas at some point, but that doesn’t mean that other people want to smell the contents of your colon. Nobody likes to smell a fart. This is particularly true of a fart that is...

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I. COMMON BADHABITS
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II. UNDERSTANDING YOUR BADHABIT
A. Realizing your habit
B. Understanding the habit
III. KEEP A JOURNAL OF YOUR HABIT
A. Do a self-analysis
B. Write down your feelings and emotions
C. Forced to face your badhabit on a daily basis
IV. DECIDING HOW TO BREAK YOUR HABIT
A. Understanding your habit
B. Focus on your needs
C. Discover alternative methods
V. BUILDING YOURSELF A "NO" ZONE
A. Pick a person as an anchor
B. Build a "No" zone
C. Have less desire to indulge
VI. REPLACE THE BAD WITH THE GOOD
A. Stop negative thoughts
B. Focus on positive alternatives
C. Praise yourself
VII. DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP
A. Tell your friends and family
B. Ask for support
C. Seek professional help (if needed)
CONCLUSION
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Everyone has habits, even if they do not realize it. For instance, I woke up this morning, put toothpaste on my toothbrush and brushed my teeth. In the novel Habit written by Charles Duhigg, he makes a clear point that in order to change a habit, one has to first change his or her habit loop. A habit loop consists of three steps: cue, routine, and reward. Routines that are done repetitively are turned into habits. From an early age, hoarding had a negative impact on me. When I was nine years old, my chorus group was supposed to wear a red t-shirt for our performance and I thought I had one in my closet the whole time. However, it turned out that I threw it away the week before; ever since then, I told myself to keep everything that I can possibly need. It then turned into a habit. With that there are two kinds of habit: bad and good habits. What makes a habit considered bad would be when one is not making the best self that he or she can be. With that, the habit would result with negative consequences. On the other hand, a good habit would be the opposite; the reward would affect one positively. Changing a badhabit may be hard because the routines of the habit loop...

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Week 1
Goal for the semester is not to get overwhelmed by trying to reach all your goals at once but to practice the 7 Habits by taking small, easy, and manageable steps that help you use the 7 Habits and integrate them into your life.
Each week we will practice and reflect on “baby steps” that will guide us to using the 7 Habits. This week’s reflection:
This week’s reflections is taking “baby steps” will help me achieve my goals in time.
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If I could change something about my last semester’s academics it would be all the procrastination I did.
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The one change in myself I will make this week to enable that change is to lower my computer/phone usage.
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3. Research potential colleges/universities.
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...make a plan, we are much more likely to achieve our goal.
Think of a habit you would like to change. It may involve your eating habits, exercise habits, TV or computer habits, procrastinating doing your homework, self esteem, attitude or anger issues, or anything you feel you need to make a change to.
This assignment involves 5 steps to achieving your goal/changing your habit:
1. Selecting a goal and doing a cost/benefit analysis
2. Assessing your current behavior or situation
3. Developing a supportive environment
4. Using supportive affirmations
5. Monitoring your progress
Time to get started! As you are working on achieving your goal/making your change, use your SMART Goal card as a tool. I will pass the SMART Goal cards out in class. If you miss class, please ask me for one. You can carry this around in your pocket or bag to keep you on track.
What to turn in (show your professor briefly in class) and when:
Due Date #1: _10/30/13__
• Steps 1 and 2 of this document
• Your assessment tool for Step 2
Due Date #2: _11/27/13_
• All 5 steps of this assignment
• Your completed SMART Goal card (or a scanned copy of it)
Step 1: Selecting a Goal and Doing a Cost/Benefit Analysis
a. Describe in one sentence the behavior goal to which you will devote energy and time in the next month.
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...﻿Q13. How did the reading habits help Hussain to grow faster in the business world?
A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur unconsciously. Habits can be categories as either good habits or badhabits. Badhabits are negative behavior pattern. Examples of badhabits are gambling, smoking, overspending, and procrastination. Whereas, good habits are behavior that is beneficial to one’s physical and mental health and often linked to a high level of discipline and self-control. For example, regular exercise, balanced diet, and reading are good habits.
The quote “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us” from an English poet, John Dryden. It means at first we are in control of our behavior and we can determine which habits we would like to practice. But, when we practice the habits, it will influence our life no matter it is good habit or badhabit. Thus, it is better for everyone to foster the good habits and break the badhabits. And, the best time to correct a badhabit is immediately. If you have a badhabit like gambling, then it is better to quit it now...

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Book review: “The power of habit” by Charles Duhigg
Cody Ford
Everest University
Introduction
Communication occurs in an organized fashion based upon a theory called constructivism (Burleson & Rack, 2008, as cited in Wood, 2013). This key belief of this theory is that we organize and interpret our experiences by applying a type of cognitive structure schemata. People use four types of schemata: prototype, personal construct, stereotype, and scripts. These are used to classify our peers and situations. Such constructs can also be applied to our intrapersonal communication in the form of habits.
For many, a morning cup of coffee or a late afternoon candy bar is just another part of their day; however, some people recognize that they have habits that may not be all that good for them. The questions remain: What do you do about them? How do they even work? If you turn on the TV or go online, countless hucksters are trying to sell a quick fix. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t easy, but, according to New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, it’s not impossible. In his latest book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Duhigg (2012) explores how the human brain is wired for habit, how habit works, and how habit can be created on a personal and social level.
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...answer this question throughout the study.
The problem started from the beginning when she was still making the decision of choosing either to work for Deep Dive Pizza, where she had her internship or at Potomac Waters, a way bigger company with more potential in the market. Before she decided to work for Potomac Waters, she went to get information from the company, by visiting the industry itself and meeting the employees from different departments. She was so in love with the way the employees work and welcomed her that she would hesitate to work there anymore. Her vision of the company and the way they work was yet still broad. Like all decisions made, there are always consequences (both good and bad) no matter what decisions are made. However, some decisions have more bad consequences than good, and that’s Martha Rinaldi from Iowa City earned a MBA in May 2008 from a business school in Chicago. After her first year of MBA program, she had the opportunity to do an internship at the Deep Dive Pizza located in Chicago as an assistant to the director of Promotions. She was doing so well in her responsibilities that the CEO himself was interested of having her in the company. He even proposed her to lead a new and special project in the marketing department. Later on, she got another job offer in a different and bigger company, the Potomac Waters. From that time, her main challenge was to choose between these tow companies. Both have their...

...Our habits make us who we are. Scientists tell us that no two people are the same in terms of their personality, their interests and their habits. Some people end up becoming more successful and effective than others. This is due in large part to their attitude and their habits  the things they do that define them. There are some habits that promote effectiveness better than others, and some are rather obvious while others are not so obvious. However, the way one implements their habits also plays a role in the overall effectiveness of one's habits.
The best example to provide for this ideology is to take a look at my own habits. How do the positive habits I maintain help me become more effective and how do my negative habits prevent me? By determining which habits help me, I can figure out how to promote them and streamline my effectiveness, and by determining which ones hinder me, I can attempt to eliminate them and further increase my level of effectiveness.
Since I am a firm believer in getting the worst part over with, I thought it would be appropriate to take a closer look at my negative habits first. Now, nobody is perfect, and I'm certainly not an exception to this, so I do have my share of badhabits. Probably the most prominent, and consequently the one that hinders me most, is...